在他們之間的戀情處於萌芽狀態時，海蒂的父母果斷地終止它的展，然而，海蒂迷人的丰采竟使查理終生難忘。 But her parents quashed[5] the the romance before it really begun-- but the memory of pretty Hetty stayed with Charlie all his life.
子在土壤中萌芽。 The seeds quickened in the soil.
他是個經過改造的罪犯，然而仍有可能故態萌。 He's a reformed criminal who may yet backslide.
應該有為習慣性絶對禁酒主義者而設的收容所，雖則他們在走出來之不久，可能又會故態萌。 There shall be asylum for habitual teetotaler, but they will probably relapse into teetotalism as soon as they come out.
他又故態萌。 He relapsed into his old habits.
他酒戒兩三個星期，可是現在故態萌。 He kept off drink for a few weeks, but now he has relapsed.
正確處理新形勢下的人民內部矛盾，把影響社會安定的因素化解在基層，消除在萌芽狀態。 Contradictions among the people under the new circumstances have to be handled correctly so that factors liable to adversely affect social stability can be eliminated at the grass-roots level while still in the embryonic stage.
這姓种种氏情況，有的屬於反革命分子的活動，有的屬於林彪、“四人幫”殘勢力的反撲，有的屬於唯恐天下不亂者的破壞，有的屬於剝削階級殘分子的故態萌，有的是由於封建主義、資本主義思想作風的嚴重腐蝕。 Some are the acts of counter-revolutionaries, others are counter-attacks by remnants of the Lin Biao clique and the Gang of Four, some are sabotage by people who want chaos in the country, others are carried out by surviving elements of the exploiting classes, and still others stem from serious corrosion by feudal or capitalist ideas and corresponding life-styles.
玫瑰萌新枝。 The rose sprouted new buds.
一座主教堂的外貌不論如何雕琢、如何點綴，在外貌的下面總是羅曼式長方形中堂，起碼處於萌芽和雛型狀態這形式的中堂始終遵循同一規則在地面上蔓延擴展。 Whatever may be the carved and embroidered envelope of a cathedral, one always finds beneath it--in the state of a germ, and of a rudiment at the least--the Roman basilica.It is eternally developed upon the soil according to the same law.
如果連生活中的瑣事也要受到嚴刑峻法的管，那我們也不能苛刻地指責萌生離去念頭的國人，他們也衹不過是想充分地享受到選擇的權力。 If trivialities in our daily lives still have to come under scrutiny by the authorities, it will be hard for us to point an accusing finger at those who are thinking of leaving. They may just want to exercise fully their freedom of choice.
從萌芽到死亡經兩年的植物，兩年開一次花，通常在第二年開花結果。 a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season.
被情感所“磁化”的思想，可以比喻成被植入肥沃土壤的子，萌芽茁壯，且一再增生。起初不起眼的一顆子，最滋長出無數顆同類的子。 A thought thus "magnetized" with emotion may be compared to a seed which, when planted in fertile soil, germinates, grows, and multiplies itself over and over again, until that which was originally one small seed, becomes countless millions of seeds of the SAME BRAND!
於是他萌受不了選出世界上最美的女子的大膽想法。 So he came up with4 the ambitious idea of finding the most beautiful woman in the world.
他示懺悔，滿口道歉，但接着又故態萌。 He put ashes on his head, apologized profusely, but then went glibly about his business.
妥善處理突性、群性事件，努力把矛盾和糾紛解决在基層，消除在萌芽狀態。 Some unexpected incidents involving mass participation were handled appropriately. Efforts were made to resolve conflicts and disputes in the bud and at the lowest level.
原絲由葉苔或苔蘚的孢子萌芽展而成的緑色絲狀生長物，最終展成配子 The green, filamentous growth that arises from spore germination in liverworts and mosses and eventually gives rise to a mature gametophyte.
當時航空仍在萌芽階段。 At that time aviation was still in its infancy.
身可能留下一種自動信息通訊裝置，以等待高級文明的可能的萌。 It have left an automatic messenger behind to await the possible awakening of an advanced civilization.
他有好年沒有酗灑，但我擔心最近他又故態萌。 He kept away from strong drink for years, but recently I'm afraid he' begun to backslide.
我們兄弟倆萌起雙周專欄《荔子情》的念頭時，原來的目的是讓英文源流的讀者也能接觸到深含中華文化、思想與價值觀的中文作品。 When we two brothers first embarked on Lizi Qing as a bi-lingual column, our own objective was to enable the English-educated to access Chinese literary works that embody Chinese culture, thoughts and values.
中國資本主義萌芽 bud of capitalism in China
西歐的資本主義萌芽 bud of capitalism in Western Europe
一個新思想的萌芽 The bud of a new idea.
被警察阻止在萌芽狀態中的陰謀 A conspiracy that was nipped in the bud by the police.
生殖細胞，胚細胞有機的最初形式；子、萌芽或胚 The earliest form of an organism; a seed, bud, or spore.
必須把一切惡感在展成公開對抗之前，就消滅於萌芽狀態之中。 Any ill-feeling has to be nipped in the bud before it develops into open revolt.
花朵萌芽綻放的過程。 the process of budding and unfolding of blossoms.
任何一種屬於b的似酵母的萌芽的真菌；能引起人和其他動物身上的疾病。 any of various yeastlike budding fungi of the genus Blastomyces; cause disease in humans and other animals.
無性生殖的沒有雌雄交媾而繁殖的，關於無期雌雄交配而繁殖的，涉及無雌雄交配而繁殖的，如在偶數分裂或萌芽中 Relating to, produced by, or involving reproduction that occurs without the union of male and female gametes, as in binary fission or budding.
矮林，萌生林一種灌木叢或小樹木，尤指為使其長出大量分枝條而定期進行截短或修剪的矮林，如為取其樹皮而植的肉桂 A thicket or grove of small trees or shrubs, especially one maintained by periodic cutting or pruning to encourage suckering, as in the cultivation of cinnamon trees for their bark.
矮林，萌生林一種小樹叢或灌木叢；矮林 A thicket of small trees or shrubs; a coppice.